Fighting Suicide/Bullying In Idaho

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A suicide-prevention group is hoping toraise awareness about school bullying with a measure that's now infront of the Idaho Legislature. The Suicide Prevention ActionNetwork of Idaho hopes to encourage teachers to intervene when theysee kids being targeted by bullies. According to their billintroduced yesterday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, schoolswould be able to draft their own policies to handle students whoharass, intimidate or bully their classmates. Schools also wouldhave to report incidents of bullying annually to the state.